Walden: “This is why some of us thought we should delay
it so it could be done right to avoid this very collapse
that is now upon us”

WASHINGTON --
Today, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) questioned Health and
Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about
failures in the implementation and launch of the new
health care law at a hearing of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee.

Following up on his
line of questioning to healthcare.gov contractors last
week, Walden asked Sebelius about assurances that
HHS was “extremely confident” that the healthcare.gov
marketplace would open on schedule on October 1, despite
a lack of end to end testing. Sec. Sebelius admitted
such testing was not adequately performed before launch.

Walden also asked Sec. Sebelius about how HHS had
written rules about existing insurance plans in such a
way that forced countless Americans off their plans. He
told her of constituents from around Oregon’s Second
District who have received letters from insurance
companies saying that their plan has been cancelled due
to the Affordable Care Act.

For more information on today’s hearing from the Energy
and Commerce Committee,
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